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Tag: Journalism
The hidebound habits of the journalistic mind
PETER STOCKLAND: ‘Reporting’ today is simply a note-perfect parrot-squawk of State-approved storylines (FREE)
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Believe it or not! First-rate journalists still exists in Canada
PETER STOCKLAND: In the midst of institutional confusion and ineptness, individual journalists are still holding the powerful to account (FREE)
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Lazy journalism becoming a mouthpiece for the State’s narrative
PETER STOCKLAND: There is a growing comfort in institutional journalism to follow rather than question (FREE)
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When a spy agency cozies up to the media, who do we trust?
LEE HARDING: Carl Berstein once exposed the existence of a network of CIA-recruited journalists working around the world for the U.S. We should expect similar connections today (FREE)
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Beware of Twitter – it will bite you in the ass
MAURICE TOUGAS: Examples of tweets destroying careers are numerous. Commit your thoughts to Twitter and you’re forever setting your opinions in amber (PREMIUM)
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Covid-19 news coverage based more on #fearporn than science
PETER MENZIES: Journalists eager to echo doomsday alarms about pandemic case numbers while ignoring the social devastation of lockdown policies (FREE)
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Media freedom doesn’t come free
DANIEL PROUSSALIDIS: Government funding is no magic bullet. Nor are crowdsourced and advertising-supported journalism perfect
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It’s time we all stood up for Julian Assange
GERRY CHIDIAC: What message do we send dictators if we don’t have the courage to live up to our own ideals?
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Alberta needs the ‘war room’ to challenge energy ignorance
BRAD HAYES: Too many reporters have bought into poorly-conceived advocacy positions and fail to provide readers with balanced information
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In search of truth in the face of political lies
ANIL ANAND: These untruths reflect badly on candidates, and much more on the ability of the electorate to make thoughtful and informed decisions
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Donor-supported CBC is a model worth pursuing
BRIAN GIESBRECHT: CBC has become tediously missionary rather than journalistic. And the last thing Canada’s private media needs is to compete with a subsidized entity (FREE membership content)
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